Liviu Marinescu
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Biography
Liviu Marinescu (born February 12, 1970, in Bucharest) is a Romanian composer of orchestral and chamber music, currently teaching at California State University, Northridge. His music has been recorded and released by Capstone Records, Centaur Records, Navona Records and has been performed by the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Orchestra 2001, Bohuslav Martinu Symphony, as well as the National Chamber Radio Orchestra and the Bucharest Music Academy Symphony in Romania.
He studied music composition at the National University of Music Bucharest with Adrian Iorgulescu, and Cleveland State University with Edwin London. In 2000 he completed his Doctor of Musical Arts degree at University of Maryland, where he worked with Lawrence Moss. In 2002 he was awarded a prize and commission by the Fromm Foundation at Harvard University. Since 1994, Marinescu has taught at Concordia College, West Chester University, University of Maryland and Cleveland State University, and has lectured at numerous other universities across Europe, including the Trondheim Conservatory in Norway, Palacky University in the Czech Republic and the National University of Music in Bucharest.
Students of Liviu Marinescu: Martín Gendelman, Milen Kirov, Yu Oda, Martin Jaroszewicz, Michael West, David Gordon, Evan Meier, Ethan Braun, David Dominique, Marcelo Lazcano, Patrick Gutman, Longfei Li, Andrew Martin.
List of works
BENT (2015) piano and electronics
BOUNCE (2014) trumpet and electronics
SWAY (2013) percussion and electronics
SHADOWS (2012) piano and electronics
SHIFTING SANDS (2011) chamber ensemble
HARMONIC FIELDS (2010) fl/cl/perc/pno/vn/cello (1st version) fl/cl/sopr.sax/pno (2nd version) fl/ob/cl/pno (3rd version)
ECHOES (2009) flute and pre-recorded sound
FOCUS (2008) chamber orchestra
INSTANT (2008) chamber orchestra
RESONANCE (2008) ob/cl/pno
MORPHING (2007) chamber orchestra
MOTO PERPETUO (2007) ob/bass cl/perc/vla (1st version) fl/vn/cello/pno (2nd version) ob/cl/bsn/perc/pno/vn/cello (3rd version)
DUO PERPETUO (2006) bass clarinet and percussion
OSTINATO (2005) cello solo and chamber orchestra
HOMAGE COLLAGE (2004) clarinet and piano
MIRAGE (2003) large orchestra
PASTICHE (2003) guitar solo
CADENZA (2003) clarinet solo
ÜBER ALLES (2002) cl/vn/cello/pno/perc
BACH VARIATIONS (2002) alto sax and pre-recorded sound
DÉJÀ VU (2001) chamber orchestra
MOZAMORPHOSIS (2000) fl/vn/cl
A-GAIN (1999) fl/cl/hn/perc/pno/vn/vc/cb (1st version) ob/cl/bn/perc/pno/vn/vc (2nd version)
QUODLIBET SONATA (1996) cello (1st version) viola (2nd version)
GULAG (1996) chamber orchestra
A PIACERE (1996) fl/ob/tp/perc/pno
ARS NOVA (1996) organ
SPIRALS (1995) chamber orchestra
EQUILIBRIUM (1994) large orchestra
CHAMBER CONCERTO (1993) string orchestra
POINTS, LINES, SPHERES (1992) fl/cl/bn/vn/cello/pno/perc
40% OBSCURITÉ (1992) vn/vla/cello/cbass/pno/2 perc
SEQUENCES (1991) cl/pno
0.001 (1990) piano
STRING QUARTET NO.1 (1990) 2 vlns/vla/cello